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  • Philip Dunne visits new aircraft at RAF Northolt

    The Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology paid a visit to RAF Northolt to see 2 new short-medium-range transport aircraft.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMS Duncan enters home port for 1st time

    Type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan has arrived in Portsmouth to commence sea trials ahead of her entering service.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMS Defender joins the fleet

    The Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender has today been commissioned into the Royal Navy.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Bridge installation a milestone for UK carrier build

    The Defence Secretary was in Scotland today to watch an enormous bridge section fitted to the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • £226 million training facilities announced for new RAF transport planes

    RAF pilots and ground crew who will operate the new A400M Atlas transport aircraft are to benefit from state-of-the-art training facilities thanks to a new multi-million pound contract.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Civilians continue to support operations in Afghanistan

    The Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology, Philip Dunne, has presented Afghanistan campaign medals to 26 civilian employees working for the Defence Support Group in a ceremony at MOD Donnington.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defence minister visits young engineers at RAF Cosford

    The Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology, Philip Dunne, has visited the aeronautical engineering training facilities at RAF Cosford.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • MOD awards £800 million submarine propulsion contract

    The MOD has awarded an £800 million contract to Rolls-Royce to deliver and maintain the UK's nuclear propulsion capability for submarines.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DESG Graduate Scheme: Andrew

    Case study of a graduate on the MOD Defence Engineering and Science Group (DESG) Graduate Scheme, doing an MSc in Explosives Ordnance Engineering.

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  • DESG Graduate Scheme: Caroline

    Case study of a graduate on the MOD Defence Engineering and Science Group (DESG) Graduate Scheme, now working as a Systems Analyst for weapons.

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  • DESG Graduate Scheme: Vikas

    Case study of a graduate on the MOD Defence Engineering and Science Group (DESG) Graduate Scheme, now a Defence Analyst in the Aerospace, Marine and Defence Team.

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  • DESG Graduate Scheme: Emily

    Case study of a student on the MOD Defence Engineering and Science Group (DESG) Graduate Scheme, now working at the Fast Jet Test and Evaluation Centre.

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  • New bow fitted to Queen Elizabeth carrier

    Assembly of the front end of the new Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has been completed today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Bridge for Queen Elizabeth carrier moves to Rosyth

    The forward island of the first of the Royal Navy's new aircraft carriers today began its journey to Scotland to join the rest of the ship.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Army conducts largest ever virtual battlefield simulation experiment

    The British Army is conducting its largest ever virtual simulation experiment in order to better understand its future equipment and training needs.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • MOD reveals £160 billion plan to equip Armed Forces

    The Ministry of Defence has today published details of how it will equip the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force over the next 10 years and how this will be funded.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Navy's new carrier receives first massive gas turbine

    The first of the world's most powerful marine gas turbines has been installed in the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth at Babcock's Rosyth shipyard in Scotland.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • First Navy Wildcat makes maiden flight

    The first Wildcat attack helicopter to be delivered to the Royal Navy has successfully taken its first flight at Yeovil in Somerset.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Joint UK-US statement on GPS intellectual property

    Common understanding of intellectual property rights related to the Global Positioning System has been reached.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New £14 million contract boosts Brimstone missile stocks

    A new £14 million contract will deliver hundreds of precision attack weapons to the RAF.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government